Pierde Almas

Status:
Operational

Established:
Not supplied

Visitor Policy:
Not generally accessible

Tel:
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Address:
Oaxaca,
Juárez
Mexico

Pierde Almas is a mezcal-producing collaboration between Jonathan Barbieri, an American-born artist who has lived in Oaxaca de Juárez for the past 30 plus years, and the Sanchez-family from San Baltazar Chichicapam in the south of Mexico. Besides agave, the family, now headed by fourth and fifth generation distillers. The family distil other wild varieties of agave including Tobaziche, Tobalá, Mexicano and a Pechuga. All their spirits are distilled to at least 50% alc./vol..

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Pierde Almas Pechuga Mezcal

Made with both Agave Espadin (Agave angustifolia) and wild Agave Mexicano (Agave rodacantha), naturally fermented in open pine vats and double distilled in copper pots, this also...

Pierde Almas +9

Jonathan Barbieri is an American-born artist who lives in Oaxaca and makes the Pierde Almas brand of mezcal with the Sanchez-family from San Baltazar Chichicapam. Jonathan makes...

Pierde Almas Tobaziche Mezcal

Made using 100 per cent wild Agave Tobaziche (Agave karwinskii) from the Valles Centrales - naturally fermentated in open pine vats and double distilled in copper pot stills.

Pierde Almas Mexicano

Bottled 2010 - 100 per cent wild Agave Mexicano (Agave rodacantha) from the Valles Centrales, naturally fermented in open pine vats and then double distilled in copper pot stills.

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